Complete Genome Sequence of a Rabies Virus Strain Isolated from a Brown Bear (Ursus Arctos) in Primorsky Krai, Russia (November 2014)

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Complete Genome Sequence of a Rabies Virus Strain Isolated from a Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) in Primorsky Krai, Russia (November 2014)

Michael Y. Shchelkanov,a,b,c Andrei A. Deviatkin,d Vasily Y. Ananiev,c Vladimir G. Dedkov,d German A. Shipulin,d Nataliya N. Sokol,e Irina E. Dombrovskaya,e Irina V. Galkina,a Mikhail E. Shmelev,a Vladimir N. Gorelikov,c Valentina N. Kozhan,c Marina N. Prosyannikova,c Sergei V. Aramilev,f Pavel V. Fomenkog Biomedicine School, Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russiaa; Institute of Biology and Soil Science, Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russiab; Hygienic and Epidemiological Center in Primorsky Krai, Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russiac; Central Scientiﬁc-Research Institute for Epidemiology, Russian Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being, Moscow, Russiad; Inter-Regional Veterinary Laboratory in Primorsky Krai, Ussuriysk, Primorsky Krai, Russiae; Primorsky Branch of Non-Commercial Organization “Amur Tiger,” Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russiaf; Amur Downloaded from Branch of “World Wide Fund for Nature,” Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russiag

We report here the complete genome sequence (GenBank KP997032) of rabies virus strain RABV/Ursus arctos/Russia/Primorye/ PO-01/2014, isolated in November 2014 from a brown bear (Ursus arctos) that attacked a person in Primorsky Krai (Russian Federation). This strain was clustered into the Eurasian genetic subgroup of genotype 1 (street rage).

Received 17 May 2016 Accepted 20 May 2016 Published 7 July 2016

Citation Shchelkanov MY, Deviatkin AA, Ananiev VY, Dedkov VG, Shipulin GA, Sokol NN, Dombrovskaya IE, Galkina IV, Shmelev ME, Gorelikov VN, Kozhan VN, Prosyannikova http://genomea.asm.org/ MN, Aramilev SV, Fomenko PV. 2016. Complete genome sequence of a rabies virus strain isolated from a brown bear (Ursus arctos) in Primorsky Krai, Russia (November 2014). Genome Announc 4(4):e00642-16. doi:10.1128/genomeA.00642-16. Copyright © 2016 Shchelkanov et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Address correspondence to Michael Y. Shchelkanov, [email protected].

abies rhabdovirus (RABV) (prototype), Aravan virus EF542830), which was the basis for the attenuated vaccine applied R(ARAV), West Caucasian bat virus (WCBV), Irkut virus to the “Land of the Leopard”: 5.6% difference between nucleotide (IRKV), and Khujand virus (KHUV), which belong to the ge- sequences of the N gene (2.7% between amino acid sequences); P nus Lyssavirus (order Mononegavirales, family Rhabdoviridae), gene, 9.3% (9.4%); M gene, 9.2% (7.4%); G gene, 9.5% (9.5%); on July 9, 2016 by guest cause deadly acute encephalitis (rabies) in humans and ani- and L gene, 7.1% (2.8%). At the same time, the immunodominant mals. RABV is clustered nowadays into 7 genotypes: 1, street sites in the PO-01 and RV-97 proteins differ slightly, and the ap- rage; 2, Lagos bat virus (LBV); 3, Mokola virus (MOKV); 4, plication of the vaccine strain can be recommended for continu- Duvenhage virus (DUVV); 5, European bat lyssavirus type 1 ation. (EBLV 1); 6, European bat lyssavirus type 2 (EBLV 2); and 7, The analysis of the N and G genes of PO-01 revealed that it Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV) (1). belongs to the Eurasian genetic subgroup of genotype 1 (street RABV and IRKV are circulating in natural biocenoses in the rage). Therefore, this genetic subgroup stretches to the east up to Russian Far East, the northeastern provinces of China, and the the suburb of the continent. Thus, three genetic subgroups of Korean peninsula (1–3). However, the ecology of lyssaviruses in RABV could circulate simultaneously in the Russian Far East: the this region needs more detailed investigation. so-called Arctic (Daur-Manchurian line), East Chinese, and street An attack of a brown bear (Ursus arctos) on a person was rage subgroups. The expansion of the cross-border protected ter- registered in November 2014 in the village of Barabash (Khasan ritories of the Russian Federation and China in the Far East de- region of Primorsky Krai), which is located in close proximity mands the correct accounting of the circulation of lyssaviruses, to the “Land of the Leopard” national park. The bear was killed, which could pose threats for humans and especially for valuable and the presence of RABV antigens in the bear’s brain was species of animals (1, 3–5). confirmed using fluorescence immune assay (FIA) and Nucleotide sequence accession number. The genome se- enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Strain RABV/ quence of strain RABV/Ursus arctos/Russia/Primorye/PO-01/ Ursus arctos/Russia/Primorye/PO-01/2014 (henceforth, PO- 2014 has been deposited in GenBank under the accession number 01) was isolated from the bear’s brain following the model used KP997032. for intracerebral inoculation of newborn mice and was identi- fied with the help of FIA, ELISA, reverse transcription PCR, FUNDING INFORMATION and complete genome sequencing using the primer set de- The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpreta- scribed previously (4). tion, or the decision to submit the work for publication. PO-01 is the first completely sequenced Far Eastern strain of REFERENCES RABV and can be considered as topotypic. PO-01 considerably 1. Lvov DK, Shchelkanov MY, Alkhovsky SV, Deryabin PG. 2015. Zoonotic differs from the vaccine strain RV-97 (GenBank accession no. viruses of Northern Eurasia: taxonomy and ecology. Elsevier, Amsterdam.

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